有營四月: 細閱營養標籤
為向市民推廣營養均衡的良好飲食習慣,食物安全中心將推行名為「
型網上活動,懇請 貴組織能夠大力支持和參與。
隨著非傳染性疾病愈見流行,公眾對健康的意識也大大提高,
品的興趣亦因此與日俱增。為了對選購食物做出合適的選擇,
標籤上的營養信息,以及包裝上的健康聲明,
營養標籤已被視為鼓勵大眾選擇較健康的食物和改善健康的重要工具
費者迅速評估食品中的營養價值,
法。通過閱讀營養標籤,公眾可以了解食物的營養含量,
量,並比較不同食物之間的營養含量,從而做出更健康的選擇。
食需要的人,如保持健康體重、控制膽固醇和血壓等,
要選擇合適的食物。
「有營四月」是食安中心一個全新的項目,
聯繫起來。 食品安全中心於4月將集中宣傳,在其Facebook (
www.facebook.com/cfs.hk) 和 Instagram (www.instagram.com/cfs.hk) 網站上推廣
有關營養標籤上「1 + 7」的運用,並發佈有趣的帖文和短片,以提高公眾對選擇健康
食物的營養認知。中心亦會向市民推廣購物卡(
www.cfs.gov.hk/tc_chi/
)
,以協助市民閱讀營養標籤時,
是高是低。
為了在香港推廣安全健康的飲食,我們希望 貴組織能向您的會員介紹上述活動,並
隨時分享我們的社交媒體帖文。謝謝您的支持。
食物環境衞生署署長
(鄭基慧 代行)
Dear Patient Groups,
Wholesome April: Read Nutrition Labels
I am writing to solicit your support in our forthcoming mini-online
campaign ‘Wholesome April’ (有營四月).
The public has become more and more health conscious with an increasing
prevalence of non-communicable diseases worldwide, leading to a growing
consumer interest in healthy and nutritious food products. To be able to
make the right choices, consumers need to understand the nutritional
information shown on food labels and nutrition and health claims on the
packages in order to maximise the benefits from diets.
Nutrition labelling is increasingly seen as an important tool for
encouraging healthier food choices and improving health outcomes. It is a
cost-effective way to convey nutritional information to the public, as
labels can aptly allow consumers to evaluate the nutritional value of a
food product fast. Through reading nutrition labels, the public can
understand the nutritional content of food and help assess their calorie
and nutrient intake, and compare nutritional content among different foods
to make healthier choices. To some with specific dietary needs, such as
maintaining a healthy weight, controlling blood cholesterol and blood
pressure, reading nutrition labels can enable them to tailor-made food
choices.
‘Wholesome April’ is a brand-new project that aims to connect food-related
knowledge and skills to healthy diets. In April, the Centre for Food Safety
will boost its efforts in improving the public’s nutrition literacy of
choosing healthy food. The CFS will promote the use of ‘1+7’ items on
nutrition labels on its Facebook (www.facebook.com/cfs.hk) and Instagram (
www.instagram.com/cfs.hk) pages, with interesting posts and short videos to
be launched. Also, the CFS will also promote its Shopping Card (
www.cfs.gov.hk/english/
) that helps the public to easily identify which prepackaged food is high
or low in total sugar, sodium and fat when reading the nutrition labels.
To promote a safe and healthy diet in Hong Kong, we hope you could
introduce the above campaign to your members, and feel free to share our
social media posts wherever appropriate. We also look forward to future
opportunities to join hands with you in implementing nutrition literacy
projects and studies.
Thank you for your support.
Yours faithfully,
(Amy CHENG)
for Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene